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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1980

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BEACON HILL TUNNEL BREAKTHROUGH

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THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR DAVID STEAD, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE BREAKTHROUGH CEREMONY OF THE NEW $78 MILLION BEACON HILL DOUBLE TRACK TUNNEL AT NOON TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE BREAKTHROUGH WILL TAKE PLACE ABOUT 1 550 METRES FROM THE SOUTH PORTAL.

THE NEW 2.3-KILOMETRE TUNNEL WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, FORMS PART OF THE ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION SCHEME OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY. TO RESPECT THE TRADITION OF TUNNEL WORKERS, NO FEMALE REPORTERS OR PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE TUNNEL.

OFFICIAL TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE OPEN CAR PARK OUTSIDE THE RECEPTION OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, NOT LATER THAN 11 AM TOMORROW.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO USE THEIR OWN TRANSPORT SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE SITE OFFICE, CORNWALL STREET, KOWLOON TONG, BY 11.30 AM.

OFFICERS OF THE PWD'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

PRISON OFFICERS COMMENDED FOR REFUGEE WORK

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EIGHT PRISON OFFICERS AND A NURSE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE PRISON COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION FOR THEIR GOOD WORK IN HANDLING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES DURING THEIR STAY IN HONG KONG.

THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO THEM BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR TOM ECOB AT A CEREMONY IN THE PRISONS HEADQUARTERS TODAY (TUESDAY).

HEADING THE LIST OF THE COMMENDATION RECIPIENTS WAS SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS, MR MAK PAK-LAM WHO WAS PRAISED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING DEVOTION TO DUTY AND EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY AND LEADERSHIP IN SUPERVISING SEVERAL REFUGEE CAMPS BETWEEN MAY AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

/CHIEF OFFICER,